Bay Area Skydiving - Tandem skydives and skydiving lessons. We are a skydiving school and dropzone for San Francisco and the Bay Area. The Bay Areas first choice for skydiving

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The modern history of skydiving began in the late 18th century with Jacques Garnerin from France who performed display jumps from balloons flying over Europe. Only the most highly trained, professional, USPA certified instructors teach at Bay Area Skydiving. Bay Area Skydiving in California! Do it now! It's the San francisco Bay Area's choice for skydiving. Some drop zones use tandem jumps to introduce students into the solo training programs. During World War I, parachutes were introduced as rescue devices for observation balloon pilots, but airplane pilots were instructed to land with their aircraft. The sport in which people jump out of aircrafts and land with the aid of a parachute is called skydiving.

TANDEM SKYDIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES

Bay Area Skydiving is the Bay Area's premier Skydiving provider Surveys indicate that most people jumping for the first time choose the tandem method. When tandem jumping, one parachute system is used by two skydivers. The student jumps together with the instructor after some ground training has beed completed. The jump will usually be between 8,200 and 14,000 ft. Students practice the jumps by steering the parachute, when jumping in tandem with their instructor. In the 19th century, women, who still number only between 15 and 20 percent among skydivers, began to appear on the scene. Kathe Paulus from Germany jumped professionally in Germany around the turn of the 20th century.